Mississippi Man Convicted of Trying to Extort UofL Athletics

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A Mississippi man has been convicted of extortion in a case involving threats against the University of Louisville Athletic Association’s reputation and a demand for $3.5 million.

The U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky says 36-year-old Thomas E. Ray of Jackson, Mississippi, was convicted Wednesday after a 1 ½-day trial in U.S. District Court in Louisville.